grislíc
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This word seems to belong to 'grísan' rather than to 'greósan,' so should be written with i rather than with y. The spelling in the Ormulum supports the short vowel
ge-célan
To make cold ⬩ to cool ⬩ allay ⬩ refrigerare ⬩ To become cold ⬩ to be refreshed ⬩ refrigerari
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To become cold, to be refreshed; refrigerari Forlǽt me ðæt ic gecéle ǽrðam ðe ic gang remitte mihi ut refrigerer priusquam abeam, Ps. Spl. 38, 18
ge-hýrsum
Obedient ⬩ obliging ⬩ ready to serve ⬩ obĕdiens ⬩ offĭciōsus
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Bos. 6, 24. Éstful vel gehýrsum offĭciōsus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 54; Wrt. Voc. 61, 32. H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6
Linked entries: hýr- ge-hiérsum
ge-leódan
To spring ⬩ grow ⬩ descend ⬩ crescere ⬩ germinare
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Óþðæt ða geongan leomu geloden weorþaþ till the young limbs be grown, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 20; Vy. 6 : Elen. Kmbl. 2451; El. 1227 : Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 343, 1; Hick. Thes. i. 135
Linked entry: ge-ludon
ge-limplíc
Fit ⬩ seasonable ⬩ suitable ⬩ meet ⬩ ordered by fate ⬩ fatal ⬩ compĕtens ⬩ congruus ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ fātālis
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Fit, seasonable, suitable, meet, ordered by fate, fatal; compĕtens, congruus, opportūnus, fātālis Gelimplíc fātālis, Cot. 89. On gelimplícre tíde in tempŏre opportūno, Ps. Spl. 144, 16 : Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 10.
stede-leás
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Without stability, unsteady, without power to retain one's place Ðonne biþ hé ðam men gelíc, ðe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre and stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, óð ðæt hé tó ðæm ænde becume, and wylle ðonne git stígan ufor; ástíhþ ðonne búton stapum, óð ðæt
strícan
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to stroke, smooth, rub, wipe Ne delfe hý nán man mid ísene and mid wætere ne þweá, ac stríce hý mid cláðe clǽne, Lchdm. iii. 30, 24. v. ymb-strícan. to make a stroke, v. be-strícan; strica. to go, move, run Búlon ðæm rodere ðe ðás rúman gesceaft ǽghwylce
sweord-fetels
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Se cásere heora ǽlces sweordfætelsas hét forceorfan the emperor ordered the sword-belts of each of them to be cut, Ðat swerd on hundtwelftian mancusas and fóur pund silueres on þan fetelse, Chart. Th. 505, 32.
Linked entry: fetels
telge
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Cockayne refers the word to telg and translates dyeing; but the passage at 190, 21, in which the same date is said to be 'eallum gód þingum gód' suggests a different meaning. The forms of the whole piece are corrupt. (?)
treów-fæst
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Wé on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179. Treófæsto, treófest fideles, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 11, 12. Wǽron his bebodu ealle treówfæste fidelia omnia mandata ejus, Ps. Th. 110, 5
weorf
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Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiaþ. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . wilde weof mid . xii. Sciłł., oxan mid .xxx. p̃, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 4. Ungewylde weorf, nýten ł hors indomitos subjugales, Hpt. Gl. 458, 1. v. next word
amer
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Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)
brosnung
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Se cwyde úre brosnunge the sentence that declared us to be dust, Hml. Th. i. 300, 6. Oferfæreld of brosnunga tó unáwem*-*mednysse, Angl. viii. 330, 10. Ne forrotige on brosnunge þeós hand, Hml. S. 26, 101.
ge-efenlǽcung
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Hit is gewunelic on hálgum gewritum þæt gehwám bið fæder genamod be his geefenlǽcunge ( according to whom he imitates ); gif hé geeuenlǽcð Gode on gódum weorcum hé bið Godes bearn gecíged; gif hé geeuenlǽcð deófle ... hé bíð deófles bearn, Hml.
hell-waran
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Se hellwarana cyning, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 6. Similar entries Cf. hell; II. Him þá getealdan stówe mid helwarum deputatum sibi apud inferos locum, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 643, 7
land-riht
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Cf. land; 3 Hit gebyreð ꝥ be bisceopes rǽde fare ǽghwylc lahriht, ge burhriht ge landriht, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20
leód-rǽden
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A population; people, the country of a people Hwylc wundor is, þeáh þe wé þis be mannum secgan, nú seó úplice leódrǽden þǽre ængellican gecynde of sumum dǽle æfwerdlan áræfnede of hyra efenceasterwarum quid mirum quod hoc de homine dicitur, quando illa
sand
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Ox. 18 b, 35. add Forð be sande oþ norðmúþan, C. D. iii. 429, 1. On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An.
ufan
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Th. i. 206, 21. figurative Þ hine man forgulde mid healfan punde; gif wé þonne gyld árǽrdon, ꝥ him man ýhte ufon on ꝥ be his wlites weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 234, 6. v. ofer-, wiþ-ufan
æsc
ash-tree ⬩ a ship
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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.